Document construction often plays second fiddle to content when it comes to the drafting of legal documents. As a result, content and meaning can be lost or rendered ambiguous through failure to adequately plan and establish clear and appropriate structures for “housing” a legal arrangement. This session will provide a guide to setting up a best-practice will precedent in terms of format and structure as well as content, including:

• Where should a will begin and end?
• The order of things – numbering and clarity
• Definitions, names, descriptions, cross-references and other essentials
• Effective use of schedules and attachments
• Using codicils and updating wills
• Risks in using and abusing precedents
• The importance of reading, review and refresh
• Lessons from the courts.